Flexible touchscreen debuts

Arizona State University's Flexible Display Center (FDC) and its military and industry partners are claiming the first flexible touchscreen integrated with an active-matrix display. The light-weight device is initially headed for the battlefield.

Based on active-matrix electrophoretic display technology from E-Ink Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.) the new flexible touchscreen uses materials supplied by DuPont Teijin Films, which manufacturers the plastic used as a substitute for glass in conventional touchscreens.

"Our displays have always been flexible, but so far the touchscreens have been glass, which are not rugged enough for many applications," said Sri Peruvemba, E-Ink's vice president of marketing. "Now we have a partner that can build a flexible touchscreen to match our flexible display."

If they can produce a cost-effective version and mass produce it to the public then the money they can make is virtually unlimited. The touchscreens now are not that great, if you drop them once then the screens shatter and you have to waste more of your money then you already did to get a new screen. With this technology the shattering and breaking screens will be a thing of the past. I would pay a little more just knowing that my screen will not break.

Yeah i thought the same thing about the version of OLED or whatever with the flexible screen. I think though that screen Sony was thinking of is just a flexible screen, not touchscreen(i might be wrong). But this helps me realize that a flexible PSP2(or 3) with a flexible screen could come true. Probably in a long time, im just making assumptions so. :) Man i would love if a new PSP came out with this screen, dual analog ( as everyone wants hehe). Man what would be even better would be like the PSP right now but much much thinner and the two sides of the PSP collapse so that the screen would be hidden and the whole thing much smaller. Hard to explain well im practically fantasizing LOL